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Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday.

Islamic preacher tells court he ‘never set out to insult Jews’

Wissam Haddad has fronted the Federal Court over his controversial sermons on social media, which Australia’s peak Jewish body says are antisemitic.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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Sheikh Wesam Charkawi, convenor of The Muslim Vote, said the group will return for upcoming state elections in Victoria and NSW.

Muslim Vote to support candidates in NSW, Victorian elections

A pro-Palestine political movement that failed to win a seat at May’s federal election has vowed to push on, after strong results in some western Sydney neighbourhoods.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Rumaysa was a student last year who experienced racism while at both primary and secondary school.

Rumaysa endured racism at school for years, and says indifference is fuelling its rise

Reports of racism in Victoria’s schools are surging as the Education Department receives at least one complaint every school day – a 28 per cent increase in 12 months.

  • Nicole Precel
Scenes from mosque

WATCH: Liberal frontbencher heckled out of Melbourne mosque

The backlash came a day after Peter Dutton visited a Sydney mosque, as the Coalition courts voters in ethnically and religiously diverse communities.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Peter Dutton visits a mosque

From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church, synagogue or a Hindu temple, inviting voters to take another look at him.

  • Matthew Knott
Ealaf El-Easawi was assaulted in February and is now speaking about islamophobia in Australia.

Ealaf was shopping when a stranger allegedly assaulted her. She’s not alone

Hate mail, physical assaults, women having their hijabs pulled off and being spat on, and graffiti about killing Muslims are among the surge in Islamophobic incidents.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

  • Waleed Aly
The Australian Islamic House Masjid

Teen charged over alleged mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque

The alleged threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
Mohammad Ismail makes the first batch of Palestinian Nabulsi knafeh for customers and the stall he has at the Lakemba Nights during Ramadan

‘Just a sanity check’: How these Sydney streets are preparing for a sacred month

The holy period of Ramadan means different things to different people, but to Mohammad Ismail the most important thing is patience.

  • Anthony Segaert
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik.

Radicaliser? Undercover agent? Aftab Malik is used to dodging accusations

Australia’s new special envoy to combat Islamophobia didn’t want the job but is now working to make it more than tokenistic.

  • Patrick Begley

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